Role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy and frozen section in the management of papillary thyroid carcinoma subtypes

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 880-885

  Furlan, Julio C ^a,b   Bedard, Yvan C ^a   Rosen, Irving B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANADA; CELL TYPE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TALL CELL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 6344250425     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-6953-z     Document Type: Article

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